[f. SPEAR sb.1 or v.3] One who is armed with, or strikes with, a spear.
More frequent in Combs., as eel-, salmon-spearer.
1573. Baret, Alv., A Pensioner, a gentilman about a prince alway ready, with his speare: a sperer.
1885. Sat. Rev., 21 Nov., 673/1. The spearer [of eels] takes aim.
